Appl modality 1/> areas vasopneumatic devices 97016 at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center

5555 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1154355188

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 2, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$11.96

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$104.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$20.80 with Aetna vs $265.00 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna Medicare Advantage $20.80 ↑ +74%
Health Net Medicaid $24.65 ↑ +106%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $24.65 ↑ +106%
Mercy Care Medicaid $24.65 ↑ +106%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $24.65 ↑ +106%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $26.42 ↑ +121%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $29.59 ↑ +147%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $31.20 ↑ +161%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $36.40 ↑ +204%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $41.60 ↑ +248%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $46.80 ↑ +291%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $46.80 ↑ +291%
Aetna Joint Venture $48.05 ↑ +302%
Aetna Designated Group $51.06 ↑ +327%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $52.00 ↑ +335%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $52.00 ↑ +335%
Aetna Medical Rental $54.81 ↑ +358%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $56.16 ↑ +370%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $56.16 ↑ +370%
Aetna Broad Network $60.01 ↑ +402%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $72.80 ↑ +509%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage/Mercy Care Plan $72.99 ↑ +510%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $76.05 ↑ +536%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $76.05 ↑ +536%
Provider Network of America Commercial $78.00 ↑ +552%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $81.00 ↑ +577%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $81.12 ↑ +578%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $85.18 ↑ +612%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $101.40 ↑ +748%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $101.40 ↑ +748%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $203.00 ↑ +1597%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $225.00 ↑ +1781%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $241.00 ↑ +1915%
United Healthcare UHC Core $252.00 ↑ +2007%
United Healthcare Commercial $265.00 ↑ +2116%

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Appl modality 1/> areas vasopneumatic devices 97016 at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $14.35 $20.80 – $241.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $20.18 $15.00 – $268.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $16.64 $20.80 – $241.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $15.91 $20.80 – $235.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $14.98 $20.80 – $241.00
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $30.26 $20.80 – $241.00
Banner Page Hospital Page $36.10 $11.47 – $59.85
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $23.59 $12.16 – $84.16

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